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Draw a curve

Applies to: Microsoft Office Excel 2003, FrontPage 2003, PowerPoint 2003, Word 2003

On the Drawing toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar, click Customize on the Tools menu, and then click the Toolbars tab.), click AutoShapes (AutoShapes: A group of ready-made shapes that includes basic shapes, such as rectangles and circles, plus a variety of lines and connectors, block arrows, flowchart symbols, stars and banners, and callouts.), point to Lines, and then click Curve .
Click where you want the curve to start, and then continue to move the mouse and click wherever you want to add a curve.
To end the curve, double-click at any time.

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To close the curve and make a shape, click near its starting point.